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GRADUATION 2020
Ceremony starts at 4:00 p.m.
GRADUATION 2020
ESCI 334 Geological Techniques Field TripDakota Sandstone, San Ysidro, New Mexico
WELCOME
ESCI 322 Earth Chemistry & Materials Field TripJoshua Tree National Park, CA
Made possible by Judy and Michael Johnson
Mona Loa Observatory, HawaiiFebruary 2020
Rice Undergraduate Geosciences Society Field Trip
EEPS VizLab
Poh-Hsi Pan, Ph.D., 1969Wanda Pan, Yi-Yin Pan, Golden Pan
The Pan Family Fund for Postdoctoral Scholars
Human Impacts on the Earth Fund
earthscience.rice.edu/giving
Mary Anne & William Dingus
EEPS 2020 UNDERGRADUATES
HawaiiFebruary 2020
Rice Undergraduate Geosciences Society
ESCI 321 Earth Systems and Cycles Field Trip
White Sands, NMF
Fall 2019
Naod Y. Araya
Kyle C. Bartsch
Simon A. Chan
Jason A. Mendez
Jared E. Nirenberg Distinction in Research & Creative Works
Senior honors thesis: Glacially-controlled variations in the biological pump of the Ross Sea
in the Mid- to Late Pliocene
Awarded Distinction in Research & Creative Works
Image Credit: IODP/Joides Resolution
Jacquelyn A. Richards
Jackson J. Stiles
2020 Professional Masters
in Subsurface Geoscience
Eagle Ford Shale (Photo: Roy Luck)
Eagle Ford Shale (Photo: Roy Luck)
Abdulaziz SFM Aldarah
Shannon N. Castro
William C. Eisenberg
Nguyen D. Phan
Eagle Ford Shale (Photo: Roy Luck)
Baijing Sun
Jonathan P. Torres
Mitchel Vannette
Munirah Zulkifli
2020 EEPS
Master of
Science
Geyser, Iceland(Photo: Valerie Payre)
Glacial river, Iceland(Photo: Trevor Cole and Indiana Drones)
Trevor Cole
Cathodluminescence of feldspar(Photo: Eytan Sarton-Bierig)
Eytan Sharton-Bierig
2020 EEPS
Doctorof
Philosphy
Antelope Canyon, AZ(Photo: Debadrita Jana)
Brandee Carlson
Tian Dong
Seyedsahand Hajimirza
Andrew Moodie
Sriparna Saha
Johnny D. Seales
Alana Semple
Jia Shi
Loredana G. Suciu
Harsh Vora
Chenliang Wu
20202020
AWARDSAWARDS
Awarded to the undergraduate student with the most excellent academic record and overall outstanding performance.
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Jared Nirenberg
Jackson Stiles
Zion National Park, UT(Photo: Celine Fliedner)
Eugen Merten was a leading geophysicist and seismologist with Shell Oil Company. He was always interested in young people and their education. His daughter and Rice alum, Lore Merten Watt, established the endowment in memory of her father. Other family and friends from Shell have contributed to the endowment.
The award is given to the most outstanding junior level geology and/or geophysics student. It is based on the most outstanding academic results during the previous fall semester.
The Eugen Merten Memorial Prize in Geology and Geophysics
Christina Stoner
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks, NM(Photo: Patrick Phelps)
Naod Araya
Debadrita Jana
Alana Semple
Department of Earth, Environmental
& Planetary Sciences Service Award
Marble Caves, Patagonia, Chile(Photo: Ilenne Del Valle)
Awarded to the graduate student(s) with the most excellent academic record and overall outstanding performance.
Outstanding graduate Student Award
Brandee Carlson
Tian Dong
The Great Arch, Utah(Photo: Joyeeta Bhattacharaya)
Fellowship awarded to a graduate student with high academic records and outstanding qualifications.
Chevron fellowship
David Valerio
Adelaide Island, Antartica(Photo: Linda Welzenbach)
Awarded to a graduate student with high academic records and outstanding qualifications, for advanced studies on the occurrence, properties, distribution, movement, and pollution of water on and beneath the surface of the land.
Mills bennett award
Yi Hou
North Coast, CA(Photo: Linda Welzenbach)
Awarded to teaching Assistant(s) with the most outstanding initiative and valuable contribution to undergraduate instruction for either semester of the current academic year.
Alison Henning Teaching Award Joyeeta Bhattacharaya
Kevin Gaastra
Michael Lara
Salt Flats, CA(Photo: Chen Chen)
Torkild Rieber had a substantial influence on the growth and development of Houston. He was a seafaring man who became captain of one of the first Gulf Coast oil tankers. This occupation led him into a long and distinguished career in the petroleum industry culminating with the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Texas Company.
Awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student(s) who have distinguished themselves by high academic standing or other achievements in their geology courses.
THE TORKILD RIEBER AWARD IN GEOLOGY
David Blank
Proteek Chowdhury
Patrick Phelps
Daniel Woodworth
Mono Lake, CA(Photo: Ian Mellor-Crummey)
Sam Worden graduated from Rice University in 1935. He received his degree in Electrical Engineering but had a lifelong love of Geophysics. He is best known for inventing the Worden Gravimeter used to search for oil fields, especially in salt dome areas.
Award is based on the student’s creative, innovative contributions to the enhancement of geophysics, either in theory or instrumentation.
The Sam Worden Endowed Memorial Award in Geophysics
Seyedsahand Hajimirza
Jia Shi
Kilauea caldera, HI(Photo: Tom Jones)
The Gibbon Award is given to a graduating student for the best-conceived and best-written thesis. The technical content of the winning thesis is expected to be in keeping with the highest standards. Moreover, the award recognizes high quality writing and exposition in particular. This award is only available to students who have turned in their final completed thesis (Master’s or Doctoral) within six weeks after their oral defense.
The Leroy Caleb Gibbon Award
Andrew Moodie
White Sands, NM(Photo: RUGS)
The HGS established the Undergraduate Scholarship to support at least one junior/senior undergraduate each year from among six local universities.
HGS student award
Jared Nirenberg
NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships provide two years of salary and research support at an institution of the graduate’s choosing. No more than 10 of the fellowships are granted each year.
National Science FoundationEarth Sciences
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Brandee Carlson
Tian Dong
Andrew Moodie
CAREER awards support the research and educational development of young scholars likely to become leaders in their fields. The five year grants, among the most competitive awarded by the NSF, go to fewer than 400 scholars each year across all disciplines.
NSF CAREER Award
Melodie French
Laurence Yeung
AAAS fellows are selected for scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
AAAS Fellow
Richard Gordon
AAPG Honorary Member Martha Lou Broussard is this year’s Michel T. Halbouty Outstanding Leadership Award recipient.
Broussard holds the distinction of being the first female geology graduate of Rice University, and she was a technical assistant to M. King Hubbert prior to going on to a successful career in the oil industry with Shell Development Company and ERICO. She returned to Rice to work as the Department of Earth Science coordinator.
AAPG HONORS
Martha Lou Broussard
You are off to great places Today is your day Your mountain is waiting.. So get on your way! -Dr. Seuss
ESCI 334 Geological Techniques Field TripMorrison Formation, New Mexico
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